Birgit Habenstein

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Birgit Habenstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Habenstein has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Spectroscopy and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Birgit Habenstein's work include Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (30 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (14 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (13 papers). Birgit Habenstein is often cited by papers focused on Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (30 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (14 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (13 papers). Birgit Habenstein collaborates with scholars based in France, Switzerland and Germany. Birgit Habenstein's co-authors include Antoine Loquet, Beat H. Meier, Anja Böckmann, Ronald Melki, Luc Bousset, Julia Gath, Adam Lange, Laura Pieri, Karine Madiona and Poul Henning Jensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Habenstein

77 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Structural and functional characterization of two alpha-synuclein strains

2013 669 citations Luc Bousset, Birgit Habenstein et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgit Habenstein France	28	1.3k	873	698	696	435	79	2.8k
Gemma Comellas United States	13	810 0.6×	680 0.8×	499 0.7×	668 1.0×	296 0.7×	14	2.1k
Andrew J. Nieuwkoop United States	19	834 0.7×	554 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	501 0.7×	569 1.3×	35	2.4k
Antoine Loquet France	34	1.6k 1.2×	592 0.7×	1.5k 2.2×	145 0.2×	802 1.8×	104	3.6k
Amy Kendall United States	17	746 0.6×	555 0.6×	178 0.3×	422 0.6×	135 0.3×	37	1.5k
Johnny Habchi United Kingdom	32	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	204 0.3×	165 0.2×	410 0.9×	57	3.1k
Vincent Oliéric Switzerland	30	1.8k 1.4×	436 0.5×	119 0.2×	495 0.7×	696 1.6×	80	3.1k
Yeon‐Kyun Shin United States	39	3.4k 2.6×	527 0.6×	207 0.3×	495 0.7×	327 0.8×	100	4.8k
Anthony W. P. Fitzpatrick United States	19	2.5k 2.0×	2.2k 2.5×	312 0.4×	358 0.5×	550 1.3×	28	4.2k
Abhay Kotecha United Kingdom	32	1.8k 1.4×	513 0.6×	69 0.1×	276 0.4×	269 0.6×	60	3.3k
Philippe Ringler Switzerland	27	1.5k 1.2×	491 0.6×	80 0.1×	430 0.6×	257 0.6×	57	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Habenstein

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Malard, Florian, et al.. (2026). Structural Basis of the Membrane Association by the Conserved RocS Membrane‐Targeting Sequence in Streptococcus. Advanced Science. 13(17). e21132–e21132.

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Berbon, Mélanie, et al.. (2025). Solid-state NMR observation of chitin in whole cells by indirect 15N detection with NC, NCC, CNC and CNCC polarization transfers. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 137. 102002–102002. 2 indexed citations

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Lends, Alons, Aude Sturny-Leclère, Axelle Grélard, et al.. (2025). Molecular Distinction of Cell Wall and Capsular Polysaccharides in Encapsulated Pathogens by In Situ Magic-Angle Spinning NMR Techniques. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(8). 6813–6824. 10 indexed citations

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Grélard, Axelle, Mélanie Berbon, Estelle Morvan, et al.. (2024). Dynamic pre-structuration of lipid nanodomain-segregating remorin proteins. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1620–1620. 1 indexed citations

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Loquet, Antoine, Birgit Habenstein, Brice Kauffmann, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive comparative study of ultrasound-alkaline and thermal-alkaline hydrolysis of duck feather. Journal of Cleaner Production. 467. 142927–142927. 2 indexed citations

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Shenoy, Jayakrishna, Mélanie Berbon, Birgit Habenstein, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM observation of the amyloid key structure of polymorphic TDP-43 amyloid fibrils. Nature Communications. 15(1). 486–486. 17 indexed citations

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Habenstein, Birgit, et al.. (2024). Integrating Mechanics and Bioactivity: A Detailed Assessment of Elasticity and Viscoelasticity at Different Scales in 2D Biofunctionalized PEGDA Hydrogels for Targeted Bone Regeneration. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(30). 39165–39180. 6 indexed citations

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Berbon, Mélanie, Dênis Martinez, Estelle Morvan, et al.. (2023). Hfq C-terminal region forms a β-rich amyloid-like motif without perturbing the N-terminal Sm-like structure. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1075–1075. 9 indexed citations

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Lends, Alons, Asen Daskalov, Ansis Maļeckis, et al.. (2022). Cell-free synthesis of amyloid fibrils with infectious properties and amenable to sub-milligram magic-angle spinning NMR analysis. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1202–1202. 2 indexed citations

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Décossas, Marion, Olivier Lambert, Vincent Bayle, et al.. (2022). Structural determinants of REMORIN nanodomain formation in anionic membranes. Biophysical Journal. 122(11). 2192–2202. 11 indexed citations

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Gouguet, Paul, Julien Gronnier, Artemis Perraki, et al.. (2020). Connecting the dots: from nanodomains to physiological functions of REMORINs. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 185(3). 632–649. 27 indexed citations

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Giorgi, Francesca De, Florent Laferrière, Emilie Faggiani, et al.. (2020). Novel self-replicating α-synuclein polymorphs that escape ThT monitoring can spontaneously emerge and acutely spread in neurons. Science Advances. 6(40). 52 indexed citations

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Daskalov, Asen, Dênis Martinez, Virginie Coustou, et al.. (2020). Structural and molecular basis of cross-seeding barriers in amyloids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(1). 46 indexed citations

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Zielińska, Aleksandra, Anabela Borges, Dênis Martinez, et al.. (2020). Flotillin-mediated membrane fluidity controls peptidoglycan synthesis and MreB movement. eLife. 9. 42 indexed citations

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Bougault, Catherine, Jean‐Pierre Lavergne, Dênis Martinez, et al.. (2020). Structural features of the interaction of MapZ with FtsZ and membranes in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4051–4051. 8 indexed citations

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Massoni‐Laporte, Aurélie, Dênis Martinez, Elodie Sartorel, et al.. (2018). Avidity‐driven polarity establishment via multivalent lipid– GTP ase module interactions. The EMBO Journal. 38(3). 27 indexed citations

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Perraki, Artemis, Julien Gronnier, Paul Gouguet, et al.. (2018). REM1.3's phospho-status defines its plasma membrane nanodomain organization and activity in restricting PVX cell-to-cell movement. PLoS Pathogens. 14(11). e1007378–e1007378. 69 indexed citations

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Loquet, Antoine, James Tolchard, Mélanie Berbon, Dênis Martinez, & Birgit Habenstein. (2017). Atomic Scale Structural Studies of Macromolecular Assemblies by Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Loquet, Antoine, James Tolchard, Mélanie Berbon, Dênis Martinez, & Birgit Habenstein. (2017). Atomic Scale Structural Studies of Macromolecular Assemblies by Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Schütz, Anne K., Birgit Habenstein, Luc Bousset, et al.. (2013). Solid-state NMR sequential assignments of the amyloid core of full-length Sup35p. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 8(2). 349–356. 12 indexed citations

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